Re: lynx-dev "hanging" after d)ownloading large file

From:

Klaus Weide

Subject:

Re: lynx-dev "hanging" after d)ownloading large file

Date:

Sat, 18 Dec 1999 06:07:20 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 17 Dec 1999, Vlad Harchev wrote:
> I see this too, but only if using lynx for DOS, connecting via
> WinProxy3.0, while getting files as a result of link activation ( I didn't
> test plain downloading yet).
> I have extended read progress status enabled, and
> for some sites lynx "handgs" when getting the page (as a result of normal
> link
> activation) - the read status shown is like
> Read 2345 of 2345
> - ie all content is read,
No it doesn't mean that. Not reliably, not for HTTP.
> but seems that remote server didn't close
> connection. As I remember, all http servers with which I saw this problem was
> Apaches. Seems that this problem is not caused by Proxy - there is a status
> window for WinProxy, that shows all present connections - with 'hanging' lynx
> connection among them
I don't see how this leads to the conclusion that it's not the proxy's fault.
> (so I assume that either remote server or Windows TCP
> stack is guilty).
Klaus